Fulk IV, Count of Anjou

1043 - 1109  (66 years)

• Name	Fulk IV
  	Fulk is noted as "chronicler of the Counts of Anjou", so presumably he began a family history. He is known as "Fulk le Rechin" which means "Fulk the Rude". The reason for this name is unclear. [2, 3, 4]
  Nickname	Rechin
  Birth	1043  [1, 3, 4]
  Death	14 Apr 1109	France   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  1. Geoffrey, Count of Anjou   d. Abt 1096 + 2. Hildegarde de Château-Landon,   b. About 1032, Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France d. About 1060, Courtenay, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France  (Age 28 years) ▻ Joscelin de Courtenay, Seigneur de Courtenay and Château-Renard,  m. About 1060 + 3. Fulk IV, Count of Anjou,   b. 1043   d. 14 Apr 1109, France  (Age 66 years) ▻ Hildegarde de Baugency;   Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury,  m. About 1090
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bodilon de Trèves, Count of Tréves,   b. About 600, Louresse-Rochemenier, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France d. About 643, Mas d'Albon, Beaucaire, Gard, Languedoc, France  (Age 43 years)  (14 x Great Grandfather)  Hildegarde of Metz   d. 1 Apr 1040, Jerusalem, Holy Land   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3034	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Geoffrey II, Count of the Gâtinais and Château-Landon,   b. About 1004   d. 1 Apr 1046 (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ermengarde of Anjou,   b. About 1018   d. 21 Mar 1076, Fleury-sur-Ouche, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Hildegarde de Baugency  [1]
  Children	+   1. Ermengarde of Anjou   d. 1 Jun 1147  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Alan IV, Duke of Brittany  m. 1093
  Family ID	F2430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2019

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury,   b. About 1060, Montfort l'Amauri, Île-de-France, France d. 14 Feb 1117, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 57 years)  Other Partners: Philip I, King of France  m. 15 May 1092
  Marriage	About 1090	France   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 47 years - She : ~ 30 years.
  Divorce	15 Apr 1092  [3, 5]
  Children	+   1. Fulk V, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou,   b. 1092, France d. 10 Nov 1143, Acre, Holy Land (Age 51 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Ermenbourg of Maine  m. 1108;   Mélesinde de Rethe  m. 2 Jun 1129
  Family ID	F1919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Fulk IV, Count of Anjou(1043 – 1109) 2Geoffrey II, Count of the Gâtinais and Château-Landon(1004 – 1046) 4Geoffrey III, Count of the Gâtinais and Château Laudon 8Aubri III, Count in the Gâtinais 16Geoffrey II, Count in the Gâtinais 17 9 18 19 5Beatrice de Mâcon 10Aubri II, Count of Mâcon and Burgundy( – 981/82) 20Liétaud II, Count of Mâcon( – 965) 21Richilde 11Ermentrude de Roucy, Queen of Lombardy, Countess of Mâcon(958 – 1005) 22Renaud, Count of Rheims and Roucy(926 – 967) 23Alberade of Lorraine(930 – 973) 3Ermengarde of Anjou(1018 – 1076) 6Fulk III, Count of Anjou(976 – 1040) 12Geoffrey I, Count d'Anjou(940 – 987) 24Fulk II, Count d'Anjou(920 – 958) 25Gerberga of the Gatinais( – 952) 13Adele of Troyes and Vermandois(950 – 978) 26Robert de Vermandois, Count of Troyes and Meaux(Abt 920 – 978) 27Adelaide of Vergy, Troyes, and Vermandois( – 960) 7Hildegarde of Metz( – 1040) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - About 1090 - France Death - 14 Apr 1109 - France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

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